Training & Exercise

Podcast 187: How a Strength Training Regimen Can Improve Performance and Health

Strain

How Does WHOOP Strain Work?

Strain 101: Everything you want to know about how WHOOP quantifies the workload your body takes on.

Running

Strain of Running 144 Miles In the Sahara Desert

William Goodge just completed the Marathon des Sables, a week-long 144-mile ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert. Here’s what we saw in his WHOOP data.

Strain

Podcast 158: The Science of Strain with Dr. Andy Walshe

Dr. Andy Walshe discusses physiological and psychological stress and how it affects performance.

Strain

Why WHOOP Doesn't Count Steps

Unlike most fitness trackers you’ll find out there, WHOOP does not count steps. Instead, we quantify the total strain (cardiovascular load) your body takes on over the course of the day. Here’s why.

Strain

How Does Trying a New Type of Workout Impact Your Body?

We examine how 10 common forms of exercise and activity affect your body by looking at the average WHOOP strain for each.

App & Features

How Often Should You Work Out? The WHOOP Strain Coach Can Help

Exercise duration & intensity, physiology and fitness goals are all factors.

Strain

Ask Us Anything: WHOOP Strain

We recently invited the WHOOP community to ask us anything about WHOOP strain: The metric you see in your app each day that ranges from 0 to 21.

Strain

Overview of the Borg Scale of Perceived Exertion

App & Features

How the WHOOP Strain Coach Works

The Strain Coach helps you train smarter by recommending activity levels based on recovery, then letting you know in real time whether to push harder, if you've reached your goal, or if you're overdoing it.

Strain

Podcast No. 26: Understanding Strain, with Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo

Today’s episode is all about strain.

Recovery

Training with WHOOP: Using Recovery and Strain to Unlock Your Potential